Lake Baikal is the deepest and oldest freshwater lake on Earth. Svetlana Savickaya's enchanting tales lead into the beautiful world of the lake, where fish, kingfishers, seals, bears, and many other animals live. The author revives the ancient legends of Baikal and adds new ones from her own imaginative world. Svetlana Savickaya lives in Moscow and is a writer, painter, bard, producer, and professor.